# Incident 20120612012329I: Air Creation GTE, Albuquerque, NM, June 12, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 2012, 07:36 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N971EW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N971EW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Creation GTE (registry code 0590031, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-creation-gte) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 582SER (registry code 55556, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-582ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR CREATION GTE
- Reported engine: ROTAX 582
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 11 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120612012329I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JUNE 12, 2012, AT 0736 MDT, N971EW, AN EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT, AN AIR CREATION MODEL GTE, A SINGLE ENGINE WEIGHT-SHIFT CONTROLLED AIRCRAFT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON A FLIGHT TO MAINTAIN HIS CURRENCY BY PRACTICING TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS AT THE DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT (KAEG), ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES.  THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON THE SECOND LANDING ON RUNWAY 17.  THE AIRCRAFT MADE ITS INITIAL TAKE-OFF FROM RUNWAY 35.  AFTER THE TAKE-OFF, THE WIND SHIFTED CAUSING THE TOWER TO CHANGE THE ACTIVE RUNWAY TO RUNWAY 17.  AT THE TIME OF THE SUBJECT LANDING, THE WIND WAS REPORTED AS COMING FROM 110º AT 10 KNOTS.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DUE TO THE CROSSWIND, HE COULD NOT KEEP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND OFF THE RUNWAY AS IT ROLLED OUT.  THE NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT SOUTH OF TAXIWAY B-2, ROLLED ACROSS TAXIWAY B AND INTO A ROCKY DITCH, WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP.  THE FRONT WHEEL WAS BROKEN FROM ITS MOUNTS.  THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.

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